Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sunset sky (b) autumn leaves (c) a rainy night (d) the hot desert sun
- 2.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: an icy glacier is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🖌️ Would you paint a sunset sky mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 5.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a rainy night (b) a deep blue sea (c) the hot desert sun (d) a shady forest
- 6.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) shade and rain (b) snow and night (c) fire and sunshine (d) ice and water
- 7.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a deep blue sea (c) a shady forest (d) a campfire
- 8.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to sink back, far away? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 9.🌡️ Cool colours make us think of… (a) flames (b) water, ice and sky (c) fire and sunshine (d) hot sand
- 10.🌡️ Is blue-purple a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 11.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a deep blue sea (b) hot lava (c) a shady forest (d) a rainy night
- 12.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
- 13.True or false: orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🖌️ Would you paint a rainy night mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 15.🌡️ Is green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 16.🌡️ Is red-orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 17.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a calm lake (c) autumn leaves (d) a shady forest
- 18.True or false: a snowy mountain is usually painted in warm colours. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: the hot desert sun is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sunset sky (b) a calm lake (c) a flaming torch (d) the hot desert sun
- 22.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a flaming torch (b) a calm lake (c) a shady forest (d) a deep blue sea
- 23.🌡️ Is purple a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 24.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
- 25.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
- 26.🌡️ Is blue a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 27.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a rainy night (b) an icy glacier (c) a sunset sky (d) a deep blue sea
- 28.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
- 31.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) green to purple (b) red to yellow (c) blue to green
- 32.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
- 33.True or false: a snowy mountain is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an icy glacier (b) a shady forest (c) the hot desert sun (d) a snowy mountain
- 35.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
- 36.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a campfire (b) the hot desert sun (c) a deep blue sea (d) autumn leaves
- 37.True or false: orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm lake (b) autumn leaves (c) a deep blue sea (d) an icy glacier
- 39.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: a calm lake is usually painted in warm colours. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a rainy night
- False
- False
- warm colours
- the hot desert sun
- fire and sunshine
- a campfire
- cool colours
- water, ice and sky
- cool colour
- hot lava
- yellow-orange
- False
- cool colours
- cool colour
- warm colour
- autumn leaves
- False
- True
- False
- a calm lake
- a flaming torch
- cool colour
- red-orange
- purple
- cool colour
- a sunset sky
- True
- green
- blue-purple
- red to yellow
- blue
- True
- the hot desert sun
- yellow
- a deep blue sea
- True
- autumn leaves
- False
- False
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